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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: controversy

controversy stories: 24 news summaries

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 French Writer Sparks Uproar With 'Anti-Semitic' Satire

Divides Paris liberals over 'right to provoke'

Aug 3, 08 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Controversial French columnist Maurice Siné is drawing cries of anti-Semitism for statements about President Sarkozy's son, reports the Guardian. In a column for Charlie Hebdo, Siné alleged Jean Sarkozy planned to convert to Judaism to wed a Jewish heiress and "go a long way in life."... More »

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France • Paris • columnists • anti-Semitism • Jean Sarkozy • controversy • Maurice Siné

GOP Parodies Obama's Facebook Page

'Barackbook'
highlights candidate's
controversial 'friends'

Jul 30, 08 1:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The GOP is lampooning Barack Obama's popular Facebook page with something it calls Barackbook. The fake Facebook clone features a frowning Obama whose status reads "hoping to settle on an Iraq policy before November," Wired reports. In addition, the imaginary FriendFeed highlights controversial figures associated with the... More »

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Barack Obama • social networking • Internet • satire • GOP • Facebook • presidential politics • Election 2008 • controversy

 Best Brouhahas Over Albums

Recent controversy over Nas's new release is far from the first

Jul 28, 08 9:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nas’s new album gained its fair share of buzz before release because he originally planned to call it the 'n-word.' He settled on no title at all. Other album controversies, from the Los Angeles Times:
  • The Beatles, Yesterday and Today: The so-called butcher cover featured mutilated baby
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list • pop music • Nirvana • Beatles • album • controversy

Calif. County Shuffles Clerks Who Oppose Gay Marriage

They ask for transfer
on religious grounds

Jun 20, 08 2:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Some employees of the San Diego County clerk's office are being shuffled to other duties because they object to same-sex marriage, the Los Angeles Times reports. Fourteen workers initially posed "sincerely held religious objections," but sources said many had since changed their minds. Marriage-license business has approximately doubled... More »

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California • gay marriage • marriage • religion • San Diego • homosexuality • controversy

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